Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,804, Michael Elly, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
Colly Michael Colly or
NUMBER
S. 34804
CONTENTS

3776.
For Pennsylvania Roll Maryland.
Michael Elly, 4
Capt Weaver
Corporal.
Pennsylvania line 4 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Penn a at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Oct 1818 and sent to William Barber Esq. York Penn a .
  Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818  $: 40.80    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819  $ 48. "    5 Mo. 3/30  $: 88.80  
Deed { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
to Jany 17/11
Continued

Notes Sent to James Small By 26 April 1821 Elton M d

State of Pennsylvania
To the Hon. the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in & for the County of York the Petition of Michael Ely, a citizen of the State of Pennsylvania humbly represents That he enlisted in Capt. Jacob Weaver's Com- pany of the 10th Regt. Pennsylvania line commanded at the time of his enlistment by Col. Hazle , afterwards by Col. Richard Hamp- ton, at Lancaster on or about the 26th day of February A.D. 1777 & continued in service till January 26-1781, at which time he was honorably dis- charged at Trenton in New Jersey. That he is now aged 61 years & is very poor, being "in need of assistance from his country for support." He therefore prays this Honorable Court to certify these proceedings to the Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary at War, with the evidence relating to the same & the opinion of this court as to his being entitled to a pension under the late act of con- gress. Your petitioner further states that he lost his dwelling a considerable time ago, he having no fixed residence, & no safe place for the preservation of the same.
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court the 2 d April 1818. A. H. Barbee probo
Michael Ely

State of Pennsylvania York County ss.
I Certify, that at a Court of Common Pleas, held at York, for the County of York before the Honorable Walter Franklin Esquire President, this Associated Judges of the same Court duly assigned to be on the second day of April Anno Domini 1818. —
Michael Elly, the petitioner within named, appeared in said Court, being duly sworn, did depose and say, that the facts stated contained in his said affidavit petition, are true. Whereupon it is adjudged by the said Court, that the facts stated in said petition, are satisfactory evidence, of the services performed by said Michael Elly, as therein stated, and order and direct, the same to be certified to the Secretary of the Department of War, which is done accordingly. —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at York aforesaid the 13 th day of April Anno Domini 1818.
A. S. BARBER prothonotary of York County Pa.

State of Pennsylvania York County.
Personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County. Thomas Burke, late of the 10 th Regt Penn a line, & on his solemn oath taken according to law saith that he knew Corporal Michael Elly of Capt Weaver's company of the 10 th Regt Penn a line while in the service; that sd Elly was about four years in the service to the certain knowledge of this deponent & that sd Elly was honorably discharged by Gen. Anthony Wayne to the best of this deponent's recollection & sd Elly is now from his reduced circumstan- ces in life, in need of assist- from his company & support & further saith not this deponent sworn & subscribed this 13 th Apr 1878 before
Thomas Burke
Geo. Barnett

Admitted on the Penn a Rolls
Michael Elly 2 d Ap r 1818 Capn al Reg t
To W. Barber
Pitts y York Penn a
William C. Hill
Michael Elly 2 d Ap r 1818 Capn al Reg t

admitted on the Penn a Rolls
• Michael Illy 2 d Ap r 1818 Capn al Sec y
To W. Barber
Pitts y York Penn a
William O. Ely
Michael Illy

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On this Eleventh day of December 1820. Personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record for the Second Judicial district of the State of Maryland proceeding according to the course of the common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in amount and keeping a Record of its proceedings. Michael Elly aged sixty five years resident in Cecil County in said district who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:- That he enlisted at the commencement of the War at Lancaster State of Penn s in a company commanded by Cap t Jacob Weaver tenth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line commanded by Col l Richard Moulton that he enlisted for three years or during the War, and was discharged in the year of 1781. and that he has obtained a pension under the Act of 18 th March 1818. his Certificate being numbered 3. 79 (6) - to commence on the 2 nd of April 1818. ) -
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818. and that I have not since that time by gift Sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the = Schedule

Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. Sworn to in Open Court James Sewall
Schedule of his Property
no property of any kind -
That he is a Stocking Weaver by Trade but has been unable to follow the same for upwards of ten years past from his age and infirmities, that he is as a boarder in John Anderson Family in Lacoe County -
Witness
his Michael X Ellly Mark
James Sewall
Sworn to the Eleventh day of Sept. 1820. Before me the subscribed Chief Judge of the Second Judicial District of Maryland composed of the Counties of Talbot, Queen Anne's, and Kent and Lacoe County aforesaid -
N. S. Callo
I James Sewall Clerk of Lacoe County Court. do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total Amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is nothing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 11 th day of Sept. 1820. James Sewall Clerk of the Court for the County of Lacoe

Copy 240 Michael Ely Oath of Sceddler as a prisoner under the late Act of Congress

34 804 Rev INVALID.
am!
File No. 34 804
Michael Ellis Capt Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 125
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Michael Elly, application to be transferred from Pa. to Maryland. transp d 26 April 1821 From 4 March 1820
Mar 19

State of Maryland County of Cecil On this 20 th day of November 1820 Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Cecil Personally appeared Michael Kelly who on his Oath declares that he is the same Person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Jacob Hoover in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Richard Vansant in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of Maryland where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future.
Sworn and subscribed to - before me this day and year aforesaid
Robert John
Maryland Cecil County To wit:-
I hereby certify that the above Deposition appears to have been taken and where signature is thereto affixed is one of the State of Maryland Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and to all acts done by him as such Justice faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the public seal of my Office this 20 th day of November 1820
James G. Wallace

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Ellis, Stephen GRADE Private LINE Artillery Artificers (Connecticut)
WARRANT NUMBERS 5740 and 13052 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 3, 1797 to Samuel Fitch, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.